Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-189) and index
Preliminary -- The evolution of the instrument -- Valves -- Omnitonic horns -- The evolution of playing technique -- Metals and manufacture -- Miscellanea. On tone : its production and quality ; On "stopped" notes in general, and their production on the B-flat horn ; Mutes ; Bach's nomenclature ; Horn chords -- Biographical notes on a few distinguished players of the past -- List of makers